September Newsletter
Welcome to four new co-opted members of SPN's Executive Committee to strengthen service user representation. In alphabetical order they are:
Mashfiqul Joy Alam
Jayasree Kalathil
Richard Peacock and
Patsy Staddon.
They bring a richness of lived experience, diversity of backgrounds and knowledge to the Executive and are very welcome.
Special General Meeting
The Executive Committee was interrupted for the Special General Meeting which unanimously agreed to adopt the wording change to the objects set out on the website. We have now submitted this to the Charity Commission and hope to get the green light shortly.
SPN Funding
It's a pretty scary world out there for bankers, shoppers and house sellers. SPN's Executive was not exempt from the preoccupation with money. It endorsed a scheme for corporate membership, and noted two bids to the Department of Health for Section 64 Funding. While SPN has funding this year we need to find money for next year to maintain the work.
Congratulations to Terry
For those who haven't heard, Terry Bamford went to the IFSW Conference in Brazil last month to collect the prestigious diploma and medal in Memory of Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to social work. Congratulations to Terry from all at SPN.
Personalisation
Personalisation continues to be a theme of our work. The papers from the July study day will soon be available, and a new date for your diary is a conference in conjunction with Pavilion on 8th December at Ort House, London. Details will follow shortly.
Individual Health Budget Pilots
We had a useful exchange of letters with the Department of Health following the Darzi report and the good news is that the individual health budget pilots will definitely include mental health service users.
PMHCWN Event in Birmingham
Before that, the Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network has a study day in Birmingham which is a great chance to keep up to date with developments in a fast changing world.
Steady Progress but Way to Go
The fifth annual survey of community mental health service users carried out by the Health Care Commission reflects the views of 14,000 service users - a response rate of 35%
A New Vision for Mental Health
In next month's newsletter we will be including a copy of our response to 'A New Vision for Mental Health', a position paper produced by a coalition of
- ADASS
- Mental Health Foundation
- Mental Health Network
- Mind
- Rethink
- Sainsbury Centre
- Together
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